Conservation strategies for Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) and the Amazonian várzea ecosystem

In the present study we report a spatial autocorrelation analysis of molecular data obtained for Arapaima gigas, and the implication of this study for conservation and management. Arapaima is an important, but critically over-exploited giant food fish of the Amazonian várzea. Analysis of 14 variable...

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Main Authors: T. Hrbek, M. Crossa, IP. Farias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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